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• Combating malaria remains a priority in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
  16-05-2012
  A cross-border malaria meeting was organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the governments of Tajikistan and Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 7-8 May 2012. The discussions included a review of the current malaria situation and identification of problems/constraints related to malaria elimination encountered in the participating countries.
• World Malaria Day 2012: Special events organized in Tajikistan to raise public awareness
  10-05-2012
  A circus performance, exhibition and radio broadcast were among the various creative events organized in Tajikistan to celebrate World Malaria Day on 25 April 2012.
• World Malaria Day 2012: Armenia highlights efforts to prevent re-introduction of malaria transmission
  01-05-2012
  On 25 April 2012, the Ministry of Health of Armenia organized a workshop dedicated to World Malaria Day. Speakers highlighted the extensive efforts taken by Armenia to achieve its certification in 2011 as a malaria-free country, and the importance of sustaining this status. 
• World Malaria Day 2012: Turkmenistan focuses on remaining malaria free
  27-04-2012
  Lessons on “healthy lifestyles and malaria” given in various schools to mark World Malaria Day 2012 were among several activities organized in Turkmenistan to raise public awareness on malaria prevention. Other activities included contests organized by medical professionals and students to test participants’ knowledge about malaria and articles published in the media.
• Eliminating malaria from Europe by 2015: realistic and attainable
  25-04-2012
  Intensive anti-malaria interventions have cut the number of reported autochthonous malaria cases in the WHO European Region from 90 712 in 1995 to 102 in 2011. World Malaria Day is 25 April.
• Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 in the WHO European Region: 2011 Update
  20-04-2012
  As called for by Regional Committee for Europe Resolution EUR/RC57/R2, this report constitutes the biennial update on the progress made towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals in the European Region. It draws on the most recent data sources available, as of July 2011, for Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 on, respectively, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases (including tuberculosis).
• Kazakhstan acknowledged by WHO as malaria-free
  04-04-2012
  On 20 March 2012, Kazakhstan was officially acknowledged by WHO to be malaria-free.